NEW HAVEN PUBLIC WORKS ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY TREE COLLECTION PLAN

(12/28/2009) For Immediate Release FOR MORE INFORMATION:

December 28, 2009 Jessica Mayorga, Director of Communications

203-946-7660, 203-627-4224 (cell)

CITY OF NEW HAVEN

OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

165 CHURCH STREET NEWHAVEN, CT 06510

TEL.203.946.7660 FAX.203.946.4866

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-PRESS RELEASE-

NEW HAVEN PUBLIC WORKS ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY TREE COLLECTION PLAN

NEW HAVEN— The Department of Public Works will begin holiday tree collection on Monday, January 4th and will continue this effort through the end of January. Residents are asked to please place their trees outside with their trash on their regularly scheduled collection day. All decorations must be removed from the tree. If a tree becomes frozen to the ground, it will become the responsibility of the homeowner to remove the tree. For more information, please call the Department of Public Works Citizen Response Unit at 203-946-7700.

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Contact Name: Jessica Mayorga

Contact Email: jmayorga@newhavenct.net

Contact Phone: 203-946-7660